Psychology 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, Vagus Nerve, Cranial Nerves

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Jody Culham

Document Summary

Why are cranial nerves such a mess: cranial nerves are complicated, we have 5 different nerves for sensation and motor control of the tongue. If it is detrimental, that mutation will be weeded out of future generations. Evolving artificial life forms: researchers generated creatures on a computer, they began with random clumps of tissue types, algorithms in computer science can be more successful than. The ones that can"t walk far are not selected and we ensure they don"t have a lot of offspring: the algorithm produced better creatures than purposeful design by engineers. Eukaryotes: an organism consisting of a cell with dna and chromosomes inside the nucleus, they include all living organisms other than eubacteria and archaebacteria. Vertebrate: an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.